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TIL that 99% of the wasabi consumed in the world is not actually wasabi, it’s horseradish + green food colouring. Real wasabia japonica is one of the most expensive crops to grow and is a temperamental semiaquatic herb native to the mountain streams of central Japan.

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dom7 TIL Shaquille O'Neal gave fellow NBA superstar Paul Pierce his nickname “The Truth” by stating to a reporter after a game against Pierce, “Take this down. My name is Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce is the motherfucking truth. Quote me on that and don’t take nothing out.”
1VvD TIL that Edgar Allen Poe married his 13 year old cousin when he was 26
ne049 TIL while scientists are unsure whether babies have dreams, those who think that they do claim that these dreams are "a collection of sensations", such as warmth or suckling on a breast.
yg1a TIL Mad Men paid $250,000 for the master recording of “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles, played for just two minutes during a season 5 episode.
0wXMN TIL That most of the Streetlight buttons in cities like NYC, Boston and Seattle dont actually function anymore. they have been left in place to give pedestrians a placebo illusion of control over traffic flow.